1956 -- Rosemary Hills Elementary School opens in Silver Spring.
1976 -- Montgomery County Board of Education creates its first
desegregation plan, pairing Rosemary Hills (with an 87 percent minority
enrollment), and predominantly white Chevy Chase Elementary. Students
from Chevy Chase are bused to Rosemary Hills for kindergarten through
second grade, and Rosemary Hills children are bused to Chevy Chase for
grades three through six.
November 1981 -- School board, dominated by conservative faction
led by Marion Greenblatt, votes to close Rosemary Hills, declaring the
desegregation plan a failure.
July 1982 -- Maryland State Board of Education forbids the school
system to close Rosemary Hills, saying the decision had been "arbitrary
and unreasonable" and would illegally place the burden of busing on
minority children. It marks the first time the state board has
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overturned a school closing in Maryland.
1982-83 -- Rosemary Hills remains open but is converted to
kindergarten through sixth grades, with no desegregation plan.
February 1983 -- County school board, after election of more
liberal members, votes to restore desegregation plan.
1983-84 -- Rosemary Hills reopens as K-2 magnet school with
emphasis on computers, math and science. It is paired with Chevy Chase
and North Chevy Chase elementary schools, which are made magnet schools
for grades three through six.
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